Little pink accountant

With the launch of The Change Project, it was a timely discovery that I stumbled across this adorable little money collector. Internet, meet the Digi-Piggy, who will undoubtedly play a key role in the collecting, counting and storing of my change this year.

He is absolutely delightful.

I started scraping up the small bit of change that I had scattered around in the bottoms of purses and in jars and junk drawers.

And even though it was a small handful of change, it added up quickly.

And that’s precisely the purpose of this movement.

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March 2nd, 2011  |  4 comments

The Change Project – Official Guidelines

The Change Project

Pure and simple, The Change Project is a movement to create something big out of spare change. Save your change, and at the end of the year, donate it to the charity of your choice and convince me why I should donate my money to your charity.

How it works

It’s very easy – just pick up any change you find under the seat of your car, on the sidewalk on your way to work, in the couch cushions, and throughout the next eight months, see how much that stack of coins can accumulate. At the end of the year, we’ll all donate our money and take count of how much we collectively gave away for the benefit of others. Although this initiative will span across many months, I encourage all of us to stay connected to one another. Take photos of your piggy banks. Upload your photos the official Change Project Facebook page to Flickr or TwitPic and shoot me an email or Tweet at me so that we can continue to encourage each other to make a difference.

Help me pick a charity

Have a charity you wholeheartedly support? Tell me about it. I’ll be highlighting charities here periodically throughout the year – charities that are nominated as recipients for the 2011 Change Project piggy bank donation. Basically, I’m going to save up as much change as I can in the next eight months, and then I want YOU to tell ME what non-profit organization I should donate it to. Tell me about which charities you feel strongly about supporting, and I’ll do my research and take final pitches in November. If you want me to consider your charity as the recipient of the change I save this year, tell me about it sometime – on Twitter (#ChangeProject), on Facebook, via email or in the comments of this or any other Change Project post.

Why you should participate

What’s in it for you? Well, aside from the joy of giving back and bringing big changes to the world with what seems like loose change, there will be giveaways periodically throughout the coming months. The Change Project is a great way to bring awareness to your favorite charity. This initiative isn’t asking you to give large amounts of money, it’s asking you to bring a positive change to the world, and to a charity of your choosing, without bending your budget or maybe even noticing the amount of money that can come out of collecting spare change.

Tell your friends

Spread awareness. Encourage other people to take part in changing the world. Like The Change Project on Facebook, and encourage your friends to join in the cause. We can give a little, but change a lot.

Thank you for caring.

Here’s to Love & Change.

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March 1st, 2011  |  One comment

The Change Project

I’m starting a new initiative on this blog called The Change Project. The concept is simple – change the world with spare change.

See a penny, pick it up, put it in a jar and repeat a few hundred times. For a whole year. And now everyone together now. It’s like a simple choreographed dance where the only move is to save what can seem worthless and change lives with it.

I’ve got a jar on my counter that’s gathering change. At the end of the year I’m going to convert it to cash and donate it to hopefully enrich the lives of others. A small ripple that will (fingers crossed) build momentum and perpetuate change.

It’s very easy to be  part of this initiative. If you collect, let me know (either in the comments below, on Facebook or on Twitter using the hashtag #ChangeProject) and keep me posted periodically about how many loose coins you’re gathering. Pick up the quarters you see on the ground on your way into work, or under the seat of your car, or at the bottom of a purse you haven’t used in six months. Because the more we begin to recognize the value of each penny, the more we’ll begin to realize that change – brought about with love and pure intentions – is absolutely priceless. I’d love to know, at the end of this year, how much money we collectively were able to save and put toward making this world a better place. Taking something discarded in a parking lot and turning it into a precious gift.

Change for change.

It’s that easy.

Join me.

Let’s change the world.

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February 1st, 2011  |  5 comments